单选题 {{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Read the following text. Choose the best
word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Many countries will not allow cigarette
advertising in their newspaper or on TV-especially{{U}} (1) {{/U}}the
advertisements are usually written with young people in mind.{{U}} (2)
{{/U}}advertising, the tobacco companies have begun to{{U}} (3)
{{/U}}sports events. They give money to football, motor racing, tennis and a
number of{{U}} (4) {{/U}}sports{{U}} (5) {{/U}}condition that
the name of the cigarette is{{U}} (6) {{/U}}This is now{{U}} (7)
{{/U}}concern, because it does exactly{{U}} (8) {{/U}}many ads try
to do-suggest that smoking has some connection{{U}} (9) {{/U}}being
strong and athletic. In all this, the point of view of the
non-smokers has to be{{U}} (10) {{/U}}as well: "3 wish smoker would
stop{{U}} (11) {{/U}}the air. I wish I could eat in a restaurant{{U}}
(12) {{/U}}having to smell cigarettes smoke." It has been{{U}}
(13) {{/U}}that, in a room where a large number of people are smoking, a
non-smoker will breathe in the{{U}} (14) {{/U}}of two or three
cigarettes during an evening.{{U}} (15) {{/U}}, non-smokers are now
majority in many western countries. More and more people are giving up the
habit, discouraged by high prices, influenced by{{U}} (16)
{{/U}}advertising or just aware that smoking is no longer really a polite
thing to do. Faced with lower sales, the western tobacco
companies have begun to look outside their own countries. They have begun
advertising{{U}} (17) {{/U}}to persuade young people in developing
countries that smoking American or British or French cigarette is a
sophisticated western habit, which they should copy. As a result, more and more
young people are spending{{U}} (18) {{/U}}money they have on a product
which the west recognizes{{U}} (19) {{/U}}unhealthy and no longer
wants. The high number of young smokers in India, in South America and in South
East Asia will become some of tomorrow's{{U}} (20)
{{/U}}.